This essay focuses on The polyandry discuss: The impact of this practice on gender relations I have attchetched an example essay which was considered A grade work on the same topic please do no copy but use as a guide.

The polyandry discuss:

The essay topic is: polyandry discuss:

Firstly,   Why this practice occurs

Secondly,   The impact of this practice on gender relations

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A grade work on the same topic

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polyandry

It  is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time.

Polyandry is contrast with polygyny, involving one male and two or more females.

If a marriage involves a plural number of “husbands and wives” participants of each gender, then it can be call polygamy,^[1] group or conjoint marriage

.^[2] In its broadest use, polyandry refers to sexual relations with multiple males within or without marriage.

Of the 1,231 societies list in the 1980 Ethnographic Atlas,

In addition, 186 was find to be monogamous;

Furthermore, 453 had occasional polygyny;

Lastly, 588 had more frequent polygyny;

Finally,  4 had polyandry

.^[3] Polyandry is less rare than this figure suggests, as it consider only those examples find in the Himalayan mountains (28 societies).

More recent studies has find more than 50 other societies practicing ^[4]

Fraternal polyandry

Fraternal is practice among Tibetans in Nepal and parts of China,

in which two or more brothers are married to the same wife, with the wife having equal “sexual access” to them.

^[5][6] It is associate with partible paternity, the cultural belief that a child can has more than one father.

^[4]. Several ethnic groups practicing polyandry in India

Further, identify their customs with their descent from Draupadi,

Moreover, a central character of the Mahabharta

Lastly, who was marry to five brothers, although local practices may not be fraternal themselves.

Polyandry is believe to be more likely in societies with scarce environmental resources.

It is believe to limit human population growth and enhance child survival.

^[6][7] It is a rare form of marriage that exists not only among peasant families but also among the elite families.

^[8] For example, polyandry in the Himalayan mountains is relate to the scarcity of land.

marriage

The marriage of all brothers in a family to the same wife allows family land to remain intact and undivide.

If every brother marry separately and had children, family land would be split into unsustainable small plots.

In contrast, very poor persons not owning land were less likely to practice polyandry in Buddhist Ladakh and Zanskar.

^[6] In Europe, the splitting up of land was prevent through the social practice of impartible inheritance.

With most siblings disinherite, many of them became celibate monks and priests